Location: Room 635, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
Time: 1:00pm -2:00pm Mondays (except for Holidays)
Who: Sessions are intended for people living with Acquired Brain Injury (including Stroke), Friends, Family and any other interested persons.
Fee: There is no fee to attend.
Referral: No referral is needed to attend.
Contact: Cherie Lewis, Acquired Brain Injury Day Program 473-7361
Lindsay Dickson, ABI Navigator 473-1186
Rhonda Booth, Acquired Brain Injury Outreach 473-4305
Acquired Brain Injury Information Sessions Schedule July to December 2011 (pdf)

Effective July 1st, 2011

The BIAC Office will be located at:

440 Laurier Ave. West
Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7X6

Phone: 613-762-1222
Fax: 613-782-2228
Web: www.biac-aclc.ca
Twitter: Twitter.com/biacaclc

Mail will still be accepted at 151 Queen St. Suite 808; Ottawa, Ontario during this transition.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) would like to share with you the sixth annual Wait Time Alliance Report Card released today. The report indicates that as the expiry of the 10-Year Accord to Strengthen Health Care draws near, Canadians still experience lengthy delays in accessing a wide range of necessary care.

Wait Time Alliance Report (pdf)
Wait Time Alliance Report Press Release (pdf)

Below please find documents that you may find helpful from the recent roundtable on Family Caregiving Advocacy and Action hosted by the Canadian Caregiver Coalition.

1. CCC’s framework for a National Caregiving Strategy (pdf)
2. Caregiving Policy Lens for the Caregiver Tool Kit (pdf) (draft – being finalized for mid-July) – please feel free to provide feedback directly to Dr. Penny MacCourt (pennymaccourt@shaw.ca) or Dawn Hemingway (hemingway@unbc.ca)
3. Manitoba Government Bill 42 – The Caregiver Recognition Act – tabled in June 2011 (links to press release and bill below)
4. A scan of provincial caregiving policies – work in progress developed by the VON and the CCC. (pdf)

Over the coming weeks, the Neurological Health Charities Canada will be looking at the caregiving section of our framework for a National Brain Strategy to ensure that it aligns well with the work of the CCC.

Re: Government of Manitoba – CAREGIVER RECOGNITION ACT WOULD RECOGNIZE CAREGIVERS’ CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES: RONDEAU
News Release: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2011/05/2011-05-26-141100-11580.html
Bill 42: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/39-5/b042e.php

Below is Senator Peterson’s statement to be made in the Senate Chamber today.

Marie Russell
Executive Assistant to / Adjointe executif à
The Hon. / L’honorable Robert W. (Bob) Peterson
The Senate of Canada / Le Sénat du Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A4
Room 800-VB
(613) 995-4220
Fax: 995-4229

www.liberalsenateforum.ca – Canada’s Original Think Tank

Senator Peterson’s speech in the Senate Chamber – Brain Injury Awareness Month (pdf)

Hello Colleagues, Partners & Friends,

Please find below our brochure for the 2nd Annual Assistive Technology and Personal Skills Development Conference – Strategies For Success. This conference is expected to provide support and guidance to teachers, parents, psychologists, physicians, parents, social workers, counsellors, advocates, administration and professionals who are interested in learning how to implement more efficient/workable strategies that could foster greater success in school, work and everyday life. These strategies can be applied to a cross-section of society, even for individuals that approach life with challenges and differences.

I encourage you to share this great conference with your friends, family, and contacts as it is going to change lives for the better. When ever possible, please POST!

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the ‘Strategies For Success’ conference.

Friday, October 28, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto, ON M3C 1T3 $150 + HST per person Receipt will be provided.

Thank you in advance,

Karen Thornton

–
KMTConsulting & Associates
“Transforming the Future of Learning”
Work: 905 829-4378
Fax: 905 829-2072
Cell: 647 234-5373
Website: www.kmtconsultingassociates.com

2nd Annual Assistive Technology and Personal Skills Conference – Strategies For Success (pdf)

February 15-17, 2012, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada
Satellite Conferences held simultaneously in Victoria and Kamloops, BC

After a successful and inspiring 2010 conference, the 22nd Conference will return February 15-17, 2012. The 2012 Conference will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver, BC with Satellite Conferences in Victoria and Kamloops, BC.

The theme for 2012 is: Real people with Real Lives: It takes a Village.

The 22nd Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference

Why register today for the Nov. 16-18, 2011, Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference in beautiful, downtown Vancouver?

Here are our top 5 reasons: Read the rest of this entry »

THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (BIAC) and THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (BIAPEI)
present in association with
TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE and RUCKUS ENSEMBLE
At the BIAC 2011 Annual Conference:
After the Crash: a play about brain injury, By Julia Gray and The Ensemble
Read the rest of this entry »

The Neurological Health Charities Canada Forum

Social Policy – Neurological Health Charities Canada
By Kent Bassett-Spiers, Chair, Ontario Working Group, and Shannon MacDonald, Director, Policy and Partnerships

Wired for Success: Next Steps Toward an Ontario Brain Strategy